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The list of property owners is organized alphabetically by their first names.  The information provided for each owner includes date of property sale, notes, and the source of this information.  The Cecil County Land Records are the primary source of property transfers unless otherwise specified.  To access the digitized record, visit MDLANDREC.NET for more information.  

Alexander Scott

April 2, 1831

sells his interest in property

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JS 29, page 428

Emma M. Moore

March 2, 1866

Emma M. Moore is the heir of William T. Stockton and has Power of Attorney from the other heirs to sell their 1/5th interest in the property at Susquehanna Ferry for $500.00.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HRT 1, page 84

Israel Allen and wife Mary Allen

August 7, 1865

Purchase price is $1,000.00 for their 1/5th interest in the 4 acre Tavern property at Perryville.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: WHR 7, page 720

John C. Groome and wife Elizabeth Groome

February 12, 1858

All property purchased by Groome from John A.J. Creswell in deed dated February 11, 1858.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HHM 9, page 261

Margaret Ann Richardson

May 3, 1843

Margaret Ann Richardson marries James McIntire in Cecil County

Maryland, US Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899. Ancestry.com

Philip Thomas of Anne Arundel

January 31, 1763

His will divides Perry Point between sons Samuel and Richard in accordance with a lease agreement between them dated April 18, 1761 wherein Samuel leases an unspecified portion of the property to Richard for 90 pounds (English currency)

Prerogative Court, Wills, 1762-1764, Book/Liber: 31, page 1007.

Samuel Ringgold and Tench Ringgold

April 18, 1814

4 acre Susquehanna Ferry property sold for $10,000.00

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JS 10, page 343

William T. Stockton, Philip A. Stockton and wife Martha Stockton

April 1, 1866

Power of Attorney for interest in 4 acre Ferry Property

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: CHH 1, page 538

Anna W. Stockton and others

October 30, 1865

Power of Attorney for interest in 4 acre Ferry Property

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: CHH1, page 538

George C. Stokes

September 8, 1848

George Stokes as the trustee of Richard C. Stockton sells 1/5th part of 4 acre "The Ferry Property" for $500.00

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: GMC 16, page 3

James Cunningham and wife Caroline Cunningham

December 4, 1866

1/5th interest in the 4 acre Ferry Tavern Property for $50.00.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HRT 1, page 332

John J. Smith and wife Sarah J. Smith

March 21, 1865

1/5th part of 4 acre "The Ferry Property" for $1,300.00

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: WHR 7, page 515

Mary Bateman and others

November 18, 1674

Mary Bateman daughter of John Bateman and Mary Bateman his widow with Henry Scarborough husband of the Widow Bateman sell to Richard Perry.

Archives of Maryland Online. Provincial Court Land Records, 1724-1731. Volume 697, page 238

Preservation Maryland

October 1995

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Samuel Thomas

April 18, 1761

Samuel leases an unspecified portion of the property to Richard for 90 pounds (English currency).

Cecil County Land Records-Book/Liber: 11, page 43

Zenas Wells

September 29, 1817

The lot of ground at the Susquehanna Ferry with the Ferry and 4 acre Perry Point for $2,000.00. The same lot that Richard Stockton, Joshua Richardson, Alexander Scott, William Anderson, and William T. Stockton purchased from Samuel and Tench Ringgold.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JS 14 and 39, page 58

Caroline Cunningham, Administratrix

November 25, 1873

Caroline Cunningham is the administrator of her husband, James Cunningham's estate. She sells to the railroad for $1,000.00 her 1/5th interest in the 4 acre property at the Susquehanna Ferry.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: DS 10, page 248

George P. Whitaker and wife Eliz A. Whitaker

February 5, 1864

1/5th part of 4 acre "The Ferry Property" for $600.00

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: WHR 7, page 84

John A.J. Creswell and wife Hannah J.R. Cresswell

February 13, 1858

all property Groome sold to Hannah. Deed places property in a trust with George Earle as trustee

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HHM 9, page 264

Joshua Richardson

May 1, 1832

Joshua Richardson marries Marry Ann Scott

Maryland, US Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850. Ancestry.com

Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company

February 15, 1954

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: WAS ,page 214

Richard S. Thomas

December 14, 1804

$18,000.00 for the Ferry and 4 acre lot of land at Susquehanna Ferry, part of Perry Point where Thomas Coffield resides. Thomas Coffield was the Tavern Keeper when the property was sold.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JS 2 and 29, page 161

Samuel Thomas

1784

His will leaves Samuel's portion (570ac.) of the lower section of Perry Point to son Richard Snowden Thomas

Cecil County Court, Register of Wills, 1783-1794, Book/Volume: EE5, page folio 33-35 [pdf image 204-205]

Emilie Cook, widow of John N. C. Stockton, and others

October 2, 1865

Power of Attorney for interest in 4 acre Ferry Property

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: CHH 1, page 538

George P. Whitaker and wife Eliza A. Whitaker

February 23, 1867

The Whitakers sell their 1/5th interest in the property at the Susquehanna Ferry for $500.00.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HRT 1, page 474

John A.J. Creswell and wife Hannah J.R. Creswell

February 11, 1858

Deed transfers all and every the lands, farms, Plantations and Real Estate which descends to Hannah from her father Joshua Richardson, includes the Ferry and Tavern lot.

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: HHM 9, page 258

Joshua Richardson dies

December 7, 1855

buried in Elkton Presbyterian Church, Elkton

Find A Grave: Cecil County, Elkton Presbyterian Church

Philip Thomas

November 20, 1784

270 acre Perry Point for 500 pounds (English currency)

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: 15, page 401

Richard Snowden Thomas

October 6, 1798

Sale includes parts of Perry Point (570 acres) and Perry Neck (490 acres) at the mouth of the Susquehanna River where Richard S. Thomas former lived. Sale excludes 4 acres of Perry Point including "house now occupied by Mrs. Rodgers and adjoining out houses in her possession and to front on the river to include the Ferry Landing and present Wharf and from thence leading to and binding with the Road to Philadelphia."

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JB 5 and 21, page 158

William J. Jones and John A. J. Creswell, trustees

May 10, 1880

Cecil County Land Records - Book/Volume: JAD 1, page 224

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